Wall covering



Nov. 2% 1927.

' H. LANGER WALL COVERING Filed July 1927 IN VEN TOR.

' and bathrooms.

UNITED STA HENRY LANGER, Q1? NE'W YORK, N. 'Y., ASSIGNOB ESQ NOVELTY COIVIPAIQ-Y, -01? BALTIMORE,

resign -AR-YLAITD.

WALL COVERING.

. Application filed m 12,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in building constructions, and particularly to walls, and the coverings thereforn. v

The principal object of thepresent inven tion, is to provide a wall coveringwhich will take the place of theordinary glazed tile, which is commonly used in kitchens Another object is to provide a wall covering .which is simple in construction,",and which can be applied with greater ease, and with lesstime than tile.

Another object is to provide a wall covering which possesses the sanitary qualities of the ordinary glazed tile, but'which is considerably cheaper, and which is of much lighter weight. g Y A further object is to provide a covering of the character wherein the joints between the sheets of material are so made that ad justment of such sheets. can be readily accomplished, without such adjustment being apparent at the joints.

A still further object resides in the provision of novel means for holding the wall covering sheetsin place with the minimum number of fastening device's. 7

Other'objects and advantages will'be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the corner of a room showing the wall coveringv thereon. l

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view on i the line 22 of Figure 1, showing the paid hotels, ofiice buildings, and the like, to take wall joint. and the corner joint.

Figure 3 is a detail view showing'the curvature of the covering strip 16 before being forced or bent into place. j Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 and 11 represent portions of two intersecting walls, while .12 represents the baseboard and 13 the rail. Between the baseboard and the rail the wall covering, forming the subject matter of the present application, is secured. The covering is particularly adapted for use in kitchens, bathrooms, publictoilets, such as are found in the place of the more expensive glazed tiles,

HOW NUSt cominonlyemplpyed. I Di irisedagains't the walls 10 and 11, and

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metal plates M, the exposed faces of which are coated with enamel, porcelain, or other like hard and avaterproof material. The vertical edge of each of the plates 14 is bent away from the wall, at ri 'ht angles, as shown at 15, and the said edge of each sheet is disposed in proper spacedrelation to the edge of the next adjacent sheet. Disposed in coverii'ig relation to the outturned edges of each adjacent pair of sheets is '3- channel strip 16, enameled or porcelain covered similar to the sheets. The strip is of such width as to permit the plates being slipped toward and away from eachother, for the purpose of properly positioning such plates, on the wall, to fit within the given spaces. here the plates meet, at the cornor of the room, a specially designed strip 17 is disposed in covering relation to the.

centrally apertured to receive a nail or [screw .20, which 18 driven into thewall,

whereby to insure the fiat contact of the plates with the wall. These strips 19 may be placed at suitable intervals, as for instance, one nearthe top, one near the bot tom, and one intermediate the first two.

It will be particularly noted that the strip 16 is longitudinally arcuate, with its convex portion in contact with the outer faces'of the metal sheets .14. Secured to the lower edge face of the rail 13, and to the upper edge face of the baseboard. are the molding, or half-round strips 21, each strip 21 being formed with the notches or recesses 22, in its wall plate contacting face, which receive thestrips 16 therein. In applyingthe molding strips. the workman presses the strip firmlyinward so as to cause one end of the strip 16 to properly contact with the 'metal sheet 14.. This is repeatedwhen the other strip 21 is secured ,to the basebpard, with the result that theends of the str p 16 bent inwardly, and e tif the goo L-LE BALTEI'IORE EBIf-JVIEL 85 strip forced to contact with the plates 14, throughout the entire length of the joint. This insures that the plates 14 will be pressed flatly against the Wall.

The covering is especially adapted for use on Walls of houses which are already built, the plates being placed directly' against the alaster oi the Walls, hen used in new houses, under construction, the plates 1-11: are placed against the lathe, thus obviating the use of the plaster, and greatly reducing the cost of the work. It will be particularly noted that the bight portions oil the strips 16 do not contact with the outer edges of the flanges 1:? of the plates l i, so that when the worlrnan flexes the strips 16 inwardly, only the edge faces of the flanges of such strips engage the outer tae s i the sheets ll. Th'ii insures that the sheets will. be tightl Y pressed against the Wall, and held in perfectly flat condition. The corner strips 17 are also curved longitudinally, in the same manner as the strips 16, so that this flat condition oi the plates 1i will be insured at the corners of the room, as Well as on the broader Willi faces.

It will be further noted that there are no "fastening means used to hold the strips 16 against the plat-cs let, other than the mold ing, or halt-round strips 21.

\Vhat is olaiine'd is:

1. The eoinljiination with a "wall having a baseboard and a rail spaced thereabo've ot a covering; for the wall comprising plates dis posed between the baseboard and rail. and means secured to the bai-seboard and l for niaintaining the plates tightly against the Wall.

53. The combination with a Wall havin c a baseboard and a rail spaced thereabove of a covering for the wall con'iprising plates disposed between the baseboard and rail, means covering the joints of. the plates, and means on the baseboard and rail for retaining the plates and covering means in place.

8. The combination with a Wall having a baseboard and a rail spaced thereabove, of a covering for the all comprising plates diaposed between the baseliioard and rail, the vertical edge portions oi the plates extend ing away from the Wall, cover stripe disposed over the edge portions of the plates and means secured to the has heard and rail and bearing against the strips and plates for holding the same in proper position against the wall.

4:. The combination with a wall having a baseboard and a rail spaced therealmve oil a covering for the Wall con'iprising inetal platesdis iosed between the liiarieboard and rail and having; their vertical edge portions onttnrned from the Wall, channel strips dicposed in straddling and covering, relation to said plate edge portions, and strips secured to the h :eboard and rail and bearing tight 1 against the channel strips and plates.

5. The combination with a wall having a baseboard and a rail spaced thereaboma oi? a covering for the wall comprising metal plates disposed between the baseboard and rail and having their vertical edge portions outturned from the Wall, channel strips disposed in covering relation to the outtnrned edges of the plates said channel strips being); longitudinally arcuate, and strips secured to the baseboard and rail. and bearing: against the ends of the channel strips whereby to flex the latter into firm engagement with the plates throughout the lengths oi? the strips.

6. A Wall covering comprising meta] plates disposed against the vall. flexible strips covering the joints between the plates, and means secured to the "all in engagement with the ends oi the strips whereby to flex the latter into firm contact with the plates and the plates flatly against lhe Wall. In testilnon r whereof. I aliix 111V snrna 3 ture.

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